Bad news for anyone traveling to, or living in, Austin: Starting today, Uber and Lyft have stopped operating in the Texas capital, after a failed vote to give both ride-hailing companies more self regulation. In April, both companies donated almost $6 million to Ridesharing Works for Austin, an action committee campaigning to pass Proposition 1, which would have allowed both Uber and Lyft to operate in the city using their current business models. In total, they spent roughly $8 million trying to stay in the city.

Since launching in the Southern tech hub just over a year and a half ago, Uber says it had more than 10,000 drivers in the area, servicing 500,000 riders, according to USA Today. Under an ordinance passed in December, drivers would be subjected to fingerprint background checks the same way as taxi drivers, a requirement that Uber and Lyft reject on the grounds that they conduct their own checks. Time is also a concern: The city's fingerprinting method reportedly takes three to four months, and is expensive compared to the companies' current method of using court records to verify that drivers are safe on the roads. Houston, which has a similar rule as Austin, could be the next city to see Uber drive off into the sunset. (Lyft has already stopped service in the city.)

"Disappointment does not begin to describe about how we feel about shutting down operations in Austin," Chris Nakutis, general manager of Uber in Austin, said in a released statement. “We hope the City Council will reconsider their ordinance so we can work together to make the streets of Austin a safer place for everyone.”

In what's considered a big win for the taxi industry, roughly 56 percent of Saturday's vote was against Prop 1. Austin Mayor Steve Adler released his own statement over the weekend, saying, "Uber and Lyft are welcome to stay in Austin, and I invite them to the table regardless. Austin is an innovative and creative city, and we'll need to be at our most creative and innovative now."

However, the Mayor didn't mask his feelings about the companies' public campaign to rally support, calling it, "a blatant attempt to confuse the voters and allow corporations to write their own rules."

Austin is of course home to the popular SXSW festival—an annual meeting of the minds in the tech and creative industries—and a a hot spot for start-ups, making Saturday's vote perhaps even more surprising. Reactions to both companies halting operations in the city received mixed reactions on Twitter:

As of 8 a.m. CT on Monday, Uber and Lyft apps are no longer working in Austin. Will they ever come back? The companies say they're open to returning to Austin—if the city drops the fingerprinting requirement. For now, residents and visitors will have to make due with taxis.